The word "reprieved" is correct in written English.
It is used when referring to the cancellation or postponement of a punishment or a difficult situation.
Example: "The prisoner was reprieved just hours before the scheduled execution."
Alternatives: "Postponed" or "Delayed."
Bellamy had reprieved his hometown club from defeat at Reading in midweek with a free-kick six minutes into added time.
Davis's case has become even more charged by the manner of his death: he was reprieved three times before Wednesday night and an intervention by the supreme court delayed the execution by four hours.
Instead it reprieved the existing 164 grammar schools, leaving the way open for the current plans.
Angela Harbutt, campaigns manager of the smokers' group Forest, said: "Consumers will have mixed feelings.We welcome the fact that some products have been reprieved while menthol cigarettes have been given a stay of execution, but consumers are still angry that the EU is trying to restrict or ban products they have purchased and enjoyed for many years.
John was reprieved and sent back to Cleveland, to a street festooned with yellow ribbons by his Ukrainian friends.
Among those reprieved were several top leaders of the Gamaa Islamiya, a group responsible for dozens of terror attacks in the early 1990s.At the same time, President Mubarak himself announced the abrogation, at one go, of 2,000 military decrees.
In Louisiana, Curtis Kyles had three retrials before he was reprieved; the prosecution did not reveal to the defence that their chief informant had himself been let off a murder charge in exchange for his co-operation.
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In a right royal U-turn, he has reprieved two of the five Iraqi diplomats expelled from Amman and called on Baghdad to send more and the Central Bank has denied receiving orders to freeze Saddam Hussein's deposits.
Costco's managing director, Jim Murphy, says, however, that his company faces considerable difficulties, not only obtaining planning permission but also securing supplies from manufacturers reluctant to see their goods sold at a discount.Supermarkets may eventually be reprieved by the competition authorities.
Reprieved The government decided not to cancel the much-criticised Millenium Exhibition at Greenwich, but ordered a revamp of the project.
